Gordon Falls (Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia)

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Gordon Falls

Gordon Falls is one of what I call the second tier Blue Mountains waterfalls. There are many of these types of waterfalls, which have limited life in their flows due to small drainages, but are quite impressive when they do flow. They're second tier waterfalls and not totally temporary or ephemeral waterfalls (in my mind) since they probably last more than a few days. I suppose you could spend several days or weeks trying to visit all the Blue Mountain waterfalls, but this particular waterfall was convenient to visit for us so we seized the opportunity. Otherwise, we probably would've just skipped it. We happened to see the waterfall when it was raining pretty hard, and fortunately for us, the clouds parted just enough for us to reveal it.

When this waterfall is flowing, it has tall freefalling drops as impressive as any of the tier one waterfalls (e.g. Wentworth Falls and Katoomba Falls), but the view from its overlook is a bit awkward. It has a dedicated car park and short walk to this overlook.

Directions: We stumbled upon the car park after taking the scenic route from Katoomba towards Wentworth Falls along Cliff Drive, which skirts the cliffs facing south. The car park sits just a few minutes east of the Leura Cascades.

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Closeup of the freeleaping tier of the falls

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